Good find, can't wait for a nice detailed thread. One of these went for over 120 quid with postage and went to another collector (numaticvacuum on youtube). IMHO I prefer the galaxy design with castors, my karcher has the same setup and is very manouverable.

DC14s are tanks, just need a slightly longer motor life. Do plastic parts often break on DC14s? Nope. DC41- Sexy looking futuristic and powerful machine. Just needs a better designed cleaner head wheel and cyclone clip along with a dense metal rod in the chassis.

I am pretty sure my mum had one of these when I was little. One of my earliest memories was riding on it. I would have been about 2 at the time. I was fascinated by this 'robot' that she had. At least that was what I remember calling it.